Adversarial Investigation Resource Exhaustion (AIRE): Degrading Agentic AI Defenses Via Token (and Related Capacity) Burning

C/O Futures AI Initiatives Op-Ed

Kaden K. Bunker

19 September 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving from the sidelines of cybersecurity into the middle of the security operations center. Instead of merely summarizing alerts, AI systems are increasingly being asked to triage incidents, gather evidence, search logs, correlate activity across systems, consult threat intelligence, and recommend what defenders should do next. That promises faster investigations and less pressure on human analysts. It also creates a new question that security teams should start asking now: what happens when an attacker learns how to make the defender’s AI investigate too much?

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Narco Radio C2 and CCTV Networks Reader

Robert J. Bunker and Alma Keshavarz, Editors

Small Wars Journal–El Centro eBook

November 2019

140 Pages

Reposted at C/O Futures Website for Accessibility

The importance of this eBook is that it provides a depository of information (both textual and visual) concerning the Zetas cartel’s large-scale C2 communications network as well as providing additional information on the creation of a later close circuit television (CCTV) system constructed by remnants of the Gulf Cartel. This reader consists of an acronym listing, 10 readings, an image gallery, three appendices, an image gallery addendum of outside of/post project equipment seizure incidents, and Spanish language references.

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Artificial Intelligence (GEN AI) & Terrorism

C/O Futures Terrorism Subject Bibliography

January 2025

Compiled by Keaton O.K. Bunker and Robert J. Bunker

Since the release of ChatGPT in late November 2022 as a publicly available and user-friendly program, increasing concerns over the use of artificial intelligence (specifically generative artificial intelligence; GEN AI) by terrorist groups has been evident. While some cautionary and early warning works have existed since the 2019-2021 era it has only been in the last few years that more fully developed publications have begun to appear. The most common area of concern regarding the use of AI is the creation of terrorist propaganda to promote narratives and for recruitment, however, there is also apprehension over potential training and attack planning uses. The early adaptors of generative AI for extremist purposes have been the Islamic State as well as various neo-Nazi and white supremacist organizations. Houthi use of GEN AI has also taken place. Furthermore, its limited use for anarchist (black bloc) art-propaganda renderings has incrementally appeared. More encompassing terrorism use concerns center on advanced capabilities being fielded. These include scenarios where AI can ‘emulate the values and behaviors of a group member’ and act semi-independently (potentially even independently) in online environments, engaging in propaganda campaigns (such as a pro-terrorist group chatbot and recruiter) and related activities such as malware production and distribution.

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